WZON
| Currently silent | |
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| Broadcast area | Penobscot County, Maine |
| Frequency | 620 kHz |
| Branding | Z62 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Affiliations | CBS News Radio |
| Ownership | |
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| WZLO | |
| History | |
First air date | December 30, 1926 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | The Dead Zone |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 66674 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 44°49′47.25″N 68°47′0.13″W / 44.8297917°N 68.7833694°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WZON (620 AM) is a radio station that is currently silent. The station is licensed to Bangor and serves Central Maine.
Along with sister station 103.1 WZLO, WZON is owned by The Zone Corporation, the broadcast company owned by authors Tabitha King and her husband, best-selling horror writer Stephen King. WZON transmits with 5,000 watts, using a non-directional transmitter by day and a directional pattern at night to protect other stations on 620 kHz.
WZON is one of Maine's oldest radio stations, first signing on the air in 1926 as WLBZ in Dover-Foxcroft. It moved to Bangor in 1928. The station became WACZ in 1981, and WZON after its purchase by Stephen King in 1983. King sold the station in 1990, but repurchased WZON out of bankruptcy in 1993. He closed the station and WZLO on December 31, 2024, due to ongoing financial losses; a sale of the two stations to Mix Maine Media is pending.